There is no doubt that Irish trainer's yard houses the two best sprinters in
Europe and it will take something special to prevent one of them landing the
crown

Slade Power, who added a clinical victory in Saturday’s Darley July Cup to his Royal Ascot win in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes, has taken a clear points lead in the race to become the Cartier Sprinter of 2014.

After Ascot Eddie Lynham’s five-year-old was sharing the lead with stable companion Sole Power, the King’s Stand winner, who will get the chance to draw level again when he lines up for the Nunthorpe at York in August.

Slade Power’s next run is due in early September in the Betfred Sprint at Haydock but both horses have end-of-season targets abroad, Slade Power in Australia, Sole Power in Hong Kong. At this stage it is hard to see the sprint division being won by anything other than a ‘Power’, but there is plenty of time for another star to emerge.

Mukhadram, who added the Coral-Eclipse to the points he won at Meydan when runner-up in the Dubai World Cup in the spring, has moved into second place in the competition to be crowned the Older Horse of the Year. With Cirrus Des Aigles still off games he could be level pegging with the French gelding if he can repeat his performance in the King George at Ascot on July 26.

The position of Cirrus De Aigles at the top of the Horse of the Year standings could also come under threat from Kingman at Glorious Good later in July when he is expected to line up in the QIPCO Sussex Stakes.

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